Exam 3

The gospel that is oriented toward a Jewish audience and that portrays Jesus as the "new Moses" is

A) John
B) Matthew
C) Mark
D) Luke

"I am the Light of the World" is a statement found in what non synoptic gospel?

A) Luke
B) John
C) John
D) Mark

Many fine portraits of women are found in what gospel, that emphasizes compassion and also contains the story of the Good Samaritan?

A) Mark
B) Luke
C) John
D) Matthew

Jesus said that all important religious laws could be summed up in the

A) Ten Commandments
B) John
C) Teachings of the Pharisees
D) Two Great Commandments

In Jesus' time, what power controlled Israel?

A) Greece
B) Egypt
C) Rome
D) Persia

Which of these books is found in the New Testament?

A) Hebrews
B) Samuel
C) Genesis
D) Psalms

The Jewish monastic community that may have strongly influenced John the Baptist and Jesus was the

A) Pharisees
B) Jewish patriots
C) Essenes
D) Sadducees

An essential part of the teaching of Jesus was

When the early Christian belief spread outside Israel, it was spread particularly by what missionary?

In 1054, what happened between the Easter Church and the Western Church?

The Christian bishop of North Africa who wrote his Confessions and influenced much later Christianity was

Perhaps the most important ritual of Christianity is a sign of entry into the church, or

The color that symbolizes sorrow for sin and repentance and is used during Lent is

A letter to an early Christian community is called

Regarding traditional practices, Jesus seems to have thought that

The major christian rituals, such as baptism and the Lord's Supper, are often called

Christianity added its books to those of the Hebrew Bible; distinctively Christian books are called

What movement, growing after 500 c.e. in Europe, helped spread Christianity widely throughout Europe?

The Gothic cathedrals were build primarily during the

Which of the following saints has been removed recently from the Church year calendar because of the lack of evidence for his existence?

The Protestant Reformation was started

The founder of the Church of England was

The branch of Christianity that is significant in Russia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Romania is called

The central sacrament of the Roman Catholic Church is called

The bishop who is the most important bishop in the Eastern Orthodox Church is the patriarch of

In 313 the emperor Constantine published an Edict of Toleration, which alloed

Christianity first spread in

Lent is

The history of the early Christian Church is found in what biblical book?

What is the oldest branch of the Protestant Reformation

The branch of Protestantism that especially has stressed the religious value of work and discipline is

The authorized set of biblical books is called the canon which comes from the greek term meaning

The person whose rule for monkey helped organize and spread Western monasticism was

The term a.d. means

The view that the end of the world is near is called

The Greek term meaning Christos is

Christianity grew out of

Jesus died at the time of this religious festival:

Literally, gospel mean

Jesus opposed divorce because

The primary language that Jesus spoke was

The early Christian group that was primarily Jewish in background had its headquarters in

One of the major areas of debate among early Christians was about

The oldest of the gospels in generally thought to be

Literally, synoptic means

The Gospel of John shows many similarities with

In Jesus' day, a Samaritan was

The book of Acts is really the second part of this gospel

Orthodoxy literally means

The person who provided rules for how Eastern Crhistian monks live was

The medieval nun who wrote mystical songs was

The religious order that has especially focused on teaching and scholarship is

The first major Church council was held in 325 C.e. at

The Archbishop who helped turn the Political Reformation in England into a Religious Reformation was